Warsaw metropolitan area | |
Native Name: | Aglomeracja warszawska or Miejski Obszar Funkcjonalny Warszawy |
Settlement Type: | Urban area |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Poland |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Largest city |
Subdivision Name2: | (1,860,281) |
Population Metro: | 3269510 |
Area Metro Km2: | 6100 |
Area Metro Sq Mi: | 2355 |
Population As Of: | 2023 |
Population Density Metro Km2: | auto |
Population Density Metro Sq Mi: | 1,296.4 |
Demographics Type1: | GDP |
Demographics1 Footnotes: | [1] |
Demographics1 Title1: | Metro |
Demographics1 Info1: | €114.436 billion |
Demographics1 Title2: | Per capita |
Demographics1 Info2: | €35,000 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
The Warsaw metropolitan area (known in Polish as: or) is the metropolitan area of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. The metropolitan area covers ten counties in the Masovian Voivodeship, with an area of 6100km2[2] and a population of around 3.5 million in 2022.[3] The area constitutes a separate NUTS 2 unit, as well as a separate police region with a dedicated Capital Metropolitan Police Headquarters, both of them carved out from the Masovian Voivodeship as an exception, as Polish NUTS 2 areas and police regions are in general identical to the territories of voivodeships.
The largest cities or towns within the metropolitan area are Warsaw, Pruszków, Legionowo, Otwock, Mińsk Mazowiecki, Piaseczno and Wołomin.
Public transport in the metropolitan area is served by the Warsaw Public Transport Authority ().
County | Area km2 | Population (2021) | Percentage of total population | |
---|---|---|---|---|
517 | 1,860,281 | 58% | ||
955 | 268,443 | 8% | ||
Piaseczno | 621 | 207,514 | 6% | |
Pruszków | 246 | 176,623 | 5% | |
Mińsk Mazowiecki | 1164 | 158,750 | 5% | |
533 | 130,344 | 4% | ||
Legionowo | 390 | 127,617 | 4% | |
615 | 126,694 | 4% | ||
367 | 102,011 | 3% | ||
Nowy Dwór | 692 | 79,925 | 2% | |
Warsaw metropolitan area | 6100 | 3,238,202 | 100% |
In 2021 Warsaw's gross metropolitan product was €100 billion. This puts Warsaw in 20th place among cities in European Union.[4]